Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 09:21:13 -0000 From: Mike Dewhirst <Dewhirst.M@UCLES.org.uk> To: FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.Org> Subject: RE: ad banner hack Message-ID: <0B0368CED76DD4118E1200D0B73E9B5D041E9F83@MAIL1>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] [snip] > This sounds like a bad idea, a very extremist and nearly > fascist notion. I find the word fascist completely inappropriate here. We are talking about trying to crack down on the internet ad pushing, which IMHO is getting completely out of control. > Why not use a browser *similar* to the latest Internet Explorer which > allows you to block cookies from thirdparties (that would be, > IPs other > than the page being served up)? That still does not prevent your access being logged by the ad server. You still access it. A lot of people like to browse for things they were after, without receiving "added bonuses". > > -- > Peter Leftwich > President & Founder > Video2Video Services > Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA > +1-413-403-9555 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > =********************************************************** If you are not the intended recipient, employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of this communication and its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication and its attachments in error, please return the original message and attachments to the sender using the reply facility on e-mail. Internet communications are not secure and therefore the UCLES Group does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the UCLES Group unless otherwise specifically stated. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses although this does not guarantee that this email is virus free. **********************************************************= [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: ad banner hack</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2>[snip]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> This sounds like a bad idea, a very extremist and nearly </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> fascist notion.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>I find the word fascist completely inappropriate here. We are talking about trying to crack down on the internet ad pushing, which IMHO is getting completely out of control.</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>> Why not use a browser *similar* to the latest Internet Explorer which</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> allows you to block cookies from thirdparties (that would be, </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> IPs other</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> than the page being served up)?</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>That still does not prevent your access being logged by the ad server. You still access it. A lot of people like to browse for things they were after, without receiving "added bonuses".</FONT></P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> --</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Peter Leftwich</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> President & Founder</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Video2Video Services</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> +1-413-403-9555</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> </P> <CODE><FONT SIZE=3><BR> <BR> =**********************************************************<BR> <BR> If you are not the intended recipient, employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination or copying of this communication and its attachments is strictly prohibited.<BR> <BR> If you have received this communication and its attachments in error, please return the original message and attachments to the sender using the reply facility on e-mail.<BR> <BR> Internet communications are not secure and therefore the UCLES Group does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the UCLES Group unless otherwise specifically stated.<BR> <BR> This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by<BR> MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses although this does not guarantee that this email is virus free.<BR> <BR> **********************************************************=<BR> </FONT></CODE> </BODY> </HTML>help
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